2024 FACT BOOK 95 and classroom environments. Graduates of the AGACNP, FNP, and PMHNP programs receive an M.S.N. degree. Three postgraduate certificates are also available. These certificates are for nurses who already have an M.S.N. degree and want to pursue a Postgradu- ate Certificate in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, or Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. DOCTORAL DEGREE OPTIONS The Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) is a practicefocused terminal degree that prepares graduates to practice at the highest level in a specialty practice or executive leadership role. The D.N.P. curriculum builds on current M.S.N. programs by supporting evidencebased practice, quality improvement, and systems thinking. Graduates of this program are ready to lead and engage in practical, clinically focused scholarship and research utilization. Additionally, for R.N.s with a B.S.N. degree who wish to pursue the clinical doctorate, multiple pathways are available to pursue a D.N.P. Once enrolled, students are eligible to complete components of both the M.S.N. and D.N.P. through one, streamlined track. Upon completing the entire curriculum, graduates are awarded both M.S.N. and D.N.P. degrees. Students who wish to pursue a B.S.N. to D.N.P. degree in a traditional role are able to complete the program completely online. Traditional roles are executive nurse leadership, nursing education, and nursing informatics. Students who wish to pursue the A.P.R.N. role complete the clinical courses in hybrid format and must live within 150 miles of their campus. A.P.R.N. concentrations are adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, and psychiatricmental health nurse practitioner. NSU offers two pathways to the Ph.D. in Nursing degree. Students may apply to either the Ph.D. program or the D.N.P. to Ph.D. program, which is designed for the student already awarded a D.N.P. degree who wishes to advance to a Ph.D. degree. Students who pursue the Ph.D. may focus on either nursing education or administrative leadership. Both pathways are offered in an online format. NSU’s Ph.D. in Nursing helps to address the current and projected national shortage of nursing faculty members at all levels of nursing education. Healthcare System The Health Professions Division operates five multispecialty healthcare centers in both Broward and Miami-Dade counties. These centers function as educational resources while providing patient care in the communities they serve. In many cases, these centers provide care that traditionally has not been offered by other local healthcare providers. Unique to our health centers is a university mission to fulfill the promise of interdisciplinary community health, with patient services backed by the nearby resources and expertise of the osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, optometry, health care sciences, dental medicine, nursing, and allopathic medicine colleges. Treatment is coordinated by the division’s credentialed faculty members within a rigorous academic environ- ment to ensure university-level treatment quality. The HPD delivers person-to-person health care in the disciplines of family medicine, geriatrics, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, internal medicine, nephrology and hypertension, endocrinology, sports medicine, dental services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, osteopathic manipulative medicine, pharmaceutical care, and audiology and balance. Our Student Medical Center provides healthcare services to our collegiate populations, with specific focus on convenience for our students’ busy schedules. Our Eye Care Institute offers specialty care in contact lenses; pediatric, adult, and binocular vision; low-vision rehabilitation; and sports vision screening, as well as primary eye care. The Women’s Health Center, located in the Dr. Sanford L. Ziff Health Care Center, provides obstetric, prenatal, and postnatal care; nutritional counseling; and other services. Deliveries take place at Broward Health Medical Center and other affiliated hospitals. Additionally, available gynecological services include Pap smears, biopsies, colposcopy, screenings for a variety of cancers in female organs, and a range of diagnostic techniques.
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